Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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